Robbers - English meaning

noun

A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless area.

Usage examples:

The bandit produced a weapon and demanded money

noun

An armed thief, esp. (in older use) one who attacks people while they are traveling

Usage examples:

Bandits attacked the travelers just outside of town.

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A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.

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This was a reference to the place's reputation in the past as a dangerous spot for highwaymen and b…

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A thief with a weapon, especially one of a group living in the countryside and stealing from people travelling through the area

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A person who commits burglary.

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A pioneering scheme to gate off alleys to burglars and thieves could be on its way to parts of cent…

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

noun

(in india or burma (myanmar)) a member of a band of armed robbers.

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This valley was recently the territory of a famous dacoit, or highway robber, named mohammad khan.

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One of a group of thieves who carry weapons

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A man, typically on horseback, who held up travellers at gunpoint in order to rob them.

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Eighteenth century playwrights and novelists often made their hero a criminal, a highwayman or conf…

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In the past, a man on a horse and carrying a gun who stopped people travelling on public roads and stole from them

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A person who illegally enters a house in order to steal something

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A person who steals goods, typically during a war or riot.

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Last summer's riots saw thousands of businesses ransacked by looters

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Someone, usually one of a large number of people during a violent event, who steals from shops and houses

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Looters ransacked shops and set fire to cars., the museum galleries were stripped of artifacts by l…

noun

A person who marauds; a raider.

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A band of english marauders were surprised and overcome

noun

A person or animal that goes from one place to another looking for people to kill or things to steal or destroy

noun

A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.

Usage examples:

The mugger snatched my purse and ran away

noun

A large indian crocodile with a short snout.

Usage examples:

While in india the number of muggers and gharials are growing in large numbers, salt-water crocodil…

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A person who attacks people in order to steal their money

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

phrase

Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

noun

Someone who steals or removes things, especially in a violent or severe way

Usage examples:

He was an art dealer and one of the third reich's most notorious art plunderers., many archaeologis…

noun

A person who attacks an enemy in their territory; a marauder.

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Scandinavian raiders put down their roots in cumbria

noun

→  corporate raider

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Pennsylvania's tough anti-takeover law is designed to prevent raiders from harming shareholders.

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→  corporate raider

Usage examples:

Pennsylvania's tough anti-takeover law is designed to prevent raiders from harming shareholders.

noun

A person who steals goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.

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The supermarket had been targeted by shoplifters and looters

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Someone who takes goods from a store without paying for them

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55% of adult shoplifters say they started shoplifting in their teens.

noun

A person or thing that takes or steals a specified thing.

Usage examples:

A sheep-stealer

noun

A person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence.

Usage examples:

Thieves broke into a house on york close

noun

A person who steals

Usage examples:

The thieves stole $10,000 and several pieces of jewelry.